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Tech News August 15, 2014 •

Tech News August 15, 2014

  • The Man Who Really Built Bitcoin

    Who cares about Satoshi Nakamoto? Someone else has made Bitcoin what it is and has the most power over its destiny.

    In March, a bewildered retired man faced journalists yelling questions about virtual currency outside his suburban home in Temple City, California. Dorian Nakamoto, 64, had been identified by Newsweek as the person who masterminded Bitcoin—a story that, like previous attempts to unmask its pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, was soon discredited. Meanwhile, the person arguably most responsible for enabling the currency to swell in value to $7.7 billion, and with the most influence on its future, was hiding in plain sight on the other side of the country, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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